By Jilawatan

Prithviraj’s career seems to be on an interesting turn. Ravanan might not have made the expected impact at the box-office, but Prithviraj’s performance in it was taken note of, by critics as well as the average viewers.

Now that Anwar is released and Thriller is too set to release shortly, the Tamil actor is focusing all attention on Urumi, the period flick directed by Santosh Sivan. Also starring Genelia, Tabu, Vidya Balan and Prabhu Deva, the film is set in the times when Vasco Da Gama landed in Kerala. The big-budget trilingual also has Prithviraj donning the role of a producer along with Santhosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan. Shoot for Urumi is currently on at the Malshej Ghats in Maharashtra and Prithviraj is expecting much out of it. The fact that he is thrilled about the project is evident in some of his tweets; ‘This is it, guys!! Urumi switching on today. The materialisation of a long cherished dream. We start schedule from 29th. Wish us luck!’

‘Here in Malshej Ghats. Urumi in full dream from tomorrow. U have to check out the art direction by Sunil Babu in this film. Breathtaking!! (Aug 28)’

‘Hats off to Shaji Natesan, my partner for the confidence he is showing in this mammoth investment by August Cinema! He is our catalyst! (Aug 28)’

‘And if there is a god in cinematography, his name has to be Santosh Sivan! He is magic with a camera in his hand! (Sept 5)’

‘Shooting the first action sequence of the film tomorrow. Urumi has more than 6 action blocks. Should be quite high adrenaline.

By Jilawatan

Santosh Sivan has started the shoot of his trilingual Urumi in the forest areas surrounding Malshej Ghat. The film has Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva and Genelia in the lead, with Deepak Dev providing music. Santosh has pulled off a coup by getting Tabu and Vidya Balan to do separate item songs.

He recently shot a rain song with Tabu, Prabhu Deva and Prithviraj. We hear that it was actually pouring cats and dogs on location in the forests of Malshej Ghat when he shot the song! Interestingly, a few months ago, Santosh shot in artificial rain for a song in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.
Now, in pouring rain, he shot the song choreographed by Bollywood’s famous dance master Ahmed Khan. Prithviraj, who is also one of the producers of the film tweeted: “Santhosh is making Malshej look like another world as nature and the rains made it look terrific. We finished the song picturisation earlier than we thought, thanks to Ahmed Khan and others.”

Later, speaking to TOI from the location, Santosh said, “We are filming in a never-seen-before remote area near Malshej Ghat. It is quite hectic; the Tabu song is complete and choreographed by Ahmed Khan in a different way. The Vidya Balan song sequence is still in progress and we are also filming with Alex, who acted in Madraspattinam.” Meanwhile, the buzz is that Genelia — who plays a Portuguese princess — is learning horse riding and will be joining the unit later.

By Jilawatan

Kerala born Bollywood star Vidhya Balan her postponed her dance portions in her upcoming movie ‘Urumy’ due to a nagging shoulder injury. The actress was planning to make a Mollywood entry by appearing in a Mohiniyattam dance sequence in this movie. A trained classical dancer Vidya Balan had earlier performed one for Priyadharshan’s ‘’Bhool Bhulaiyya’.

Vidhya is in the fear that if she has to undergo some complicated steps for the movie, her injury will get aggravated and persists as a life long problem. And so the actress is for the time, taking some rest and may appear in the Mohiniyattam sequence which will now be shot towards the end of the movie schedule.

Meanwhile, another popular Bollywood actress Tabu will also appear in a cameo in this period film. Tabu had earlier been to Malayalam for Priyadharshan’s ‘Kaalapani’ which was a big commercial and critic hit.

”Urumy” staring Prithviraj, Genelia D’Souza and Prabhu Deva in important roles is a period film directed by Santhosh Sivan, which is set in the 16th century. The movie which has already been started its shoot at Maharashtra. It is written by Shankar Ramakrishnan.

By Jilawatan

After foraying into Bollywood with ace Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’, followed by Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rakta Charitra’, the national award winning actress Priyamani is signing more projects in Hindi.
Rumour-mongers insisted that she will be the heroine opposite Salman Khan in the sequel of his 2009 super hit ‘Wanted’ (tentatively titled ‘Wanted 2′), directed by Prabhu Deva. However, the dusky beauty has already denied these reports.
“I wish someone had approached me for the role in ‘Wanted 2′; sadly no one has as yet! But if I get an offer, I will grab it instantly! Who will want to miss out on the chance to act with Sallu bhai?” Priyamani was quoted as saying.